Non-refillable bottle.



No. 677,9l9. Patented my 9, |901.. I

A. n. -AvEmsYAN.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

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UNITED STATES APATENT, OFFICE.

AVEDIS D. AVEDISYAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 677,919, dated July 9, 1901.

v Application inea umh 5,1901. serial No. 49,851. (No man.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Avnnis D. AVEDISYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in non-relillable bottles .-that is to say, bottlesthat are incapable of being filled after decantationwithout more trouble and expense than it is worth to do the work-'but my invention particularly has reference to that style and structure of such bottles as is shown and described in Letters Patent No. 626,516, issued to me June 6, 1899. In this patented construction l employed a divided cylinder which in assembled condition was surrounded by a sleeve of cork and the seat for the valve-sections was perfectly flat and there was an opening in the top of the cylinder, through which the liquid was supposed to flow when the bottle was decanted, all of which details of construction have proved tobe disadvantageous to the successful operation of the improvement.

The object of the present invention is to improve upon the structure shown and described in said patent and at the same time to observe simplicity of construction and to avoid using any deleterious substance, such as metal, which would affect the nature of the liquid contained in the bottle.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation kof a bottle equipped with my improvement; Fig. 2, a similar view, but showing the bottle in inverted position; Fig. 3, a detail elevation of the cylinder; Fig. 4, a detail elevation ofy one of the valve-sections, and Fig. 5 adetail plan view of the valve-seat block.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 is a bottle of any suitable and ordinary shape, and 2 is the valve-seat block, cemented or otherwise secured within the neck of'the bottle at the lower end thereof.

It is my intention, however, in the instance of certain bottles to formV this valve-seat integral with the bottle during blowing of the latter, and

-I therefore do not wish to be limited in this This valve-seat has an opening 3 in respect. its bottom, which communicates with the bottle, and from diametrically opposite points of this opening small lugs project for the purpose presently to be explained.

5 is the valve-seat proper, which is formed 5 lugs 8, which when the valve-sections areasl sembled are diametricallyopposite each other for the purpose presently to be explained.

9 is an integral cylinder the diameter of whose upper portion is less than the diameter of the inside of the bottleneck,while the diameter of the lower portion is such that it will t snugly within said neck, and this cylinder rests upon said seat-block and is cemented at its lower portion Iirmly to the neck. 1 0 is an annular ledge formed in the lower part of this cylinder, said ledge, when the parts are assembled, being immediately above the lugs 8, so that when the bottle is inverted the lugs will rest upon said ledge. is hollow, and when secured in position within the neck of the bottleit incloses the valvesections, and within this cylinder at the upper end is a solid plug 11, capable of sliding freely within thecylinder and provided with a recessed portion 12 in its lower part, so that when the bottle is standing on its base said plug will drop down over the tops of the valvesections, and thereby hold the latter in closed condition, as clearly shown at Fig. 1.

13 represents openings formed within the sides of thecylinder at its small diameter at any suitable distance below the top, through which openings the liquid iiows from the bottle when the latter is decanted. When the bottle is standing on its base, the plug ll'will not only hold the valve-sections closed, but will also close these openings 13, and when This cylinder IOO Y eirieie the bottle is decanted the plug will drop by gravity away from the valve-sections and said openings, so as not to oppose the free passage of the liquid from the bottle. Immediately above these openings are guard-ribs 14:, formed on the outside ofthe cylinder and preferably extending up to the top thereof, as shown more particularly at Fig. 3, the object of these ribs being to prevent a wire or similar appliance from being readily inserted into the openings 13 for the purpose of tampering with the valve.

15 is a small ball contained within the valvesections and prevented from dropping into the bottle by means of the lugs 4. /Vhen the bottle is inverted, this ball will drop toward the ends of the Valve-sections, as shown at Fig. 2, so as to hold them openas against atmospheric pressure. Then liquid is poured from th'ebottle, more or less of a vacuum will of course "be formed, and if this ball or some equivalent device were not provided the atmospheric pressure Vwould close the valve# sections, and would thereby cause considew' able annoyance.

The seating of the valveLsec'tions snugly against a rounded seat makes a liquid-tight joint, and when the bottle is inverted the lugs 8 of the valvesections will rest upon the ledge 10,-so that these Valve-sections are thus provided with rock-ing pivots, which will greatly facilitate the opening of the valve, and the sections of the latter are cutaway at their bases atthe points where they meet,as shown at 16, so as to permit of the rocking movements of saidsections.

Allof the parts as above described and contained withinthe neck ofthe bottle are made wholl'ylof glass, and therefore there is nothing connected with my improvement which can in the sligliest degree injure theliquid contained within the bottle.

It is not necessary, of course, that the lugs Sshould extend tothe top of the cylinder, since this constructionis precautionary rather than essential, and therefore -I do not wish to be limited in this respect.

'I prefer "to use the ball within the valve-I sections 'and the plug within the upper por-V tion ofthe cylinder, since these elements in 4 sure-a far better operation Vof my improve-l mentand at the same time operate very ef-` fectively in preventing successful tampering` withthe `valve-sections in an attempt to re ill'thebottle; but if bothof these elements' were omitted liquid Wit-hinV the bottle could bepoured out after a fashion, becausethe air' would gradually work itself within the bottleE to supply the partial vacuum if 4the bottlef Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A bottle having a valve-seat block secured Within the lower portion of its neck and provided with a valve-seat, a conical valve divided centrally and vertically and resting on said seat each half of said valve provided with exterior lugs at diametrically opposite points, the integral cylinder resting on said block and having an annular ledge immediately beyond said lugs, said cylinder being closed at its top and provided with lateral openings in its upper portion, guard-lugs projecting externally from said cylinder 'immediately above said openings, and the recessed plug within said cylinder and capableof Inoving freely, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bottle, the combination of the neck having the valve-'seat block open at its bottom and securedwithin the lower portion of `said neck and provided with la rounded seat and having lugs projecting laterally from the walls of the opening in the bottom, the conical valve-sections rounded at their lowerextremities and fitting Within said seat, and provided with diametrically oppositelu gs immediately above the seat portionsproper, the ball inclosed by said sections, the integral cylinder secured Wit-hin the neckof the'bottle and inclosing the Valve-sections and p rovided With a ledge immediatelybeyond the valve-lugs, said cylinder also having lateral openings in its'upper portion, and the recessed plug within the upper end ol. fsaid cylinder and capable of moving freely therein, substanti'ally as set forth. V

3. A bottle having a valve-seatblock and an integral cylinder secured within its neck, said cylinder being closed at the top andihaving openings in its sides and provided witha ledge immediately above said block, a sec-A tional conical valve resting on said seat-block and capable of a rocking movement and `provided with exterior diametrically opposite lugs,and the recessed plug within the upper portion of said cylinder and capable otafrce movementtherein, substantially as set forth.` 4. In a bottle, the combination ofthe open valve-seat block and the integral cylinderse- `cured withinthe neckof the bottle, said cylinder beingclosed at the top and havingllat- `eralguarded openings near the upper end and provided with a ledge at the lower end, the

sectional conical valveresting by gravityion `said seat-block and provided `with `exterior lugs which are diametrically `opposite and whichiextend immediately below said ledge, and the ball inclosed by said valve-sections,

`substantially as set forth,

5. In a bottle, the valve-seat block andthe 'integral cylindersecured withinthe `neck of the bottle, said block havingan opening `in iits bottom and provided with a rounded seat, vWhile the cylinder is closed `at the top `and has'lateral openings near its upper end and `is provided with a'ledge at the lower end, and

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the sectional conical valve resting on said seat and provided with exterior lugs immediately below said ledge, substantially as set forth.

5 6. In a bottle, the combination of the seatblock secured within the neck of the bottle and having an opening in its bottom and provided with au annular rounded seat, the integral cylinder closed at the top and having 1o its lower end secured within the neck of the bottle immediately above said block, the bottom of said cylinder having an interior ledge While the upper portion has a diameter less than the inside diameter 0B the bottle-neck AVEDIS D. AVEDISYAN.

Vitnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN. 

